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So far I have only needed to add megabytes to the mobile phone data once. I couldn’t get on the Airport wifi and I needed to send a message and do some other bits and pieces. Don’t forget to use a VPN product when you are on unsecured networks like at the airports. I have Hotspot Shield VPN. Good job I sent the message because my son arrived at the Read More …

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So there I was camping in the French Pyrenees having a good time. The only fly in the ointment was the almost non-availability of Internet. I was paying €3.63 per 100 MB per day and I also had access to some really slow Wi-Fi at the reception of the campsite. The best use I could make of the camping site Internet was to allow the iPhone to download a couple Read More …

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I was sat on my sofa with a cup of tea in my hand and a piece of cake, looking forward to the Apple event for autumn 2016. I never believe any of the rumours flying around in the months prior to one of these events. It’s preferable to wait until the actual announcement is made by Apple themselves. Even so, it was highly likely that a new thin strip Read More …

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It’s All Good and Geeky For about six or seven years now I’ve been writing on the Mac 20 Questions blog – Mac20Q. I’ve decided it’s better if I bring it into Good and Geeky. Same thing with the NoStylus website and also with my Spondicious website. The Spondicious site has been about my photography interest. Mac20Q has obviously been all about using the Mac, while NoStylus was all about Read More …

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Let’s get into using SuperTab We all want to have our computer setup just the way we like it. I doubt if there are many amongst us who like to use a vanilla computer as soon as it comes out of the wrapper. There are certain applications which we have to install to make a computer our own. These can be applications of high functionality for storing files, such as Read More …

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Let’s take a look at Enlight. I am constantly amazed by the quality of the iPad art applications we have available for making innovative, fantastic digital art. One of my favourite iPad and iPhone art applications has been iColorama. I find it’s quite easy to get into a situation where you enjoy using a particular application so much you forget to try some of the others. Especially with an application Read More …

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Problems caused by operating system upgrades As is often the case when there is an upgrade to the Mac operating system something gets broken. There are bound to be one of two things that don’t get checked when the company is sending out the beta versions of the new operating system. Some things are not quite so important to the beta testing group. This may be the case with encryption Read More …

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During the summertime when I only have one day off per week. I really don’t get a lot of writing done. You can just imagine how happy I get on the 1st of October when I’m suddenly free and able to get into the swing of putting words onto pages once more. It does take a couple of days to adjust to having the freedom and being able to get Read More …

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A colourful way of seeing the world I’ve always liked HDR photos because of the heightened and out of this world style of the colours and ultra-real view it gives me. It reminds me of when I was younger and I got my first pair of Polaroid sunglasses. When I put the glasses on, all the colours seem to be stronger and brighter. The blue of the sky was better Read More …

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Bit of a headache so I was finding it difficult to sleep. Got up to take a pill 💊 and have a look at my computer. Loving the Swiping Swype way of writing. It’s a great way to type quickly on the virtual keyboards. You don’t have to be that accurate with finding the keys as you Swype. The software behind it makes good guesses at what you wanted. Sometimes Read More …